It is respecting what are called corpse-candles, little wandering fires, of a pale bluish light, that move about like tapers in the open air, and are supposed to designate the way some corpse is to go.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Towards the top it tapers off again, and the climber will have to do a bit of scrambling to get on to the summit of the precipice.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
They soon returned, clothed in the habit of the order, yet wearing their long hair covered by their white veils, and again knelt before the altar, holding lighted tapers in their hands.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston